Why?
Why do we think so much? Why does rain fall downward? Who named lakes and seas. Why does every road in Michigan have either a name of tree, fruit, or river in it. What exactly is a whipper-willow? Why, in general, are oriental people shorter(except Yao Ming!)? Who are the "people" in the phrase "most people say or most people think...."? Why dogs have tails? Why do some people hum and others whistle and yet others sing? What makes an orange orange? Why is the King, Queen, Jack, and Joker the only face cards in a normal deck of cards?
What would happen if we could slow our minds down? Would we spend more time thinking about what we were thinking about? What if we could change how we think? Well the good news out of all this silliness is that we can.
First we need to know that we cannot hide our thoughts from God.
PSALSM 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts
Also, God will reward us for diligence and for committing our works unto Him.
PROVERBS 16:3
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
PROVERBS 21:5
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness;
2 CORINTHIANS 10:5
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ
If we change the way we think He can replace our "old" thinking with His "new" thinking. Even as mature christians, we are always being refined and still running the race.
JEREMIAH 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
He has and will continue to help us to grow, not just spiritually, but in the way we think too.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:11
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
The long and short of is, if we can change the way we think about ourselves and the tasks that we have before us, I think we would find a lot more peace in our lives. We would actually be able to enjoy every day. :))
posted by Christopher @ 1:36 PM
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8 Comments:
Hey! Are you preachin' at me?!
Hmmmm, thanks.
First to myself, then my friends, then the WORLD!
Ummmm, I have a lot of growing up to do...good thing God's patient with me. Chris, about that first paragraph - has Zack been asking lots of questions? Or is he past that now? [Let's not discuss all my questions.] ;)
He is full of questions. That's what I enjoy. When he asks me a question and he really wants to learn something new, I love it! Of course, boys will be boys and he will be silly. He will even to try my patience. But I can tell the difference. A couple of weeks ago, we had to due about 7 pages of school work and go over a spelling list with 20 words on it. We studing them, spoke them out loud, wrote them. When I quizzed him on the words, he did perfect! I was really proud of him.
I also want to point out that God gave us this incredible tool - our brains! I know I will probably think wierd and silly thoughts till I sit before Him. He knows my thoughts and I think He might even laugh a time or two. :) So if you ever think super silly, it is not a sign of immaturity, just that creativity and childlikeness in all of us.
Wow, you are a blogger! I am so stoked! I am going to rush right back to my site and link you! Will you link me as well? Can I be part of the "cool kid" club. Can we speak in cool languages here? Can we, can we?!
Adios, amigo
You got it! I'm still learing how to do all of this. I couldn't do it without Anna, PROPS! In turn, she gave you props, that when needs help, she turns to you.
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